Acts 11
1 The apostles and [other] believers who lived in various towns in Judea [province] heard people say that [some] non-Jewish people had believed the message [from] God [about Jesus].
其他门徒和住在犹太的兄弟们，也听说了异教徒接受上帝之道的事情。
2 So when Peter [and the six other believers] returned [from Caesarea] to Jerusalem, [some] Jewish believers criticized Peter, [because they thought that Jews should not associate with non-Jews] [MTY].
彼得返回耶路撒冷后，那些信守割礼的人就此与他争论。
3 They said to him, “Not only was it wrong for you(sg) to visit non-Jewish people, you [even] ate with them!”
他们说：“你竟然进入未受割礼之人的房屋，跟他们一起吃饭！”
4 So Peter began to explain exactly [what had happened concerning Cornelius].
彼得就把所发生的一切讲给他们听：
5 He said, “I was praying [by myself] in Joppa [town], and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw that something like a large sheet was being lowered from heaven. [It was tied with ropes] at its four corners, and it came down to where I was.
“我在约帕城祷告的时候，恍惚间见到异象，天上降下一个东西，好像一块绑着四角的大布，落在我的面前。
6 As I was looking intently into it, I saw some tame animals [but also animals that our laws forbid us to eat, including] wild animals, snakes, and wild birds.
我看到布里面有动物、野兽、昆虫和飞鸟。
7 Then I heard God [MTY] commanding me, ‘Peter, get up, kill [some of these], and [cook and] eat [their meat]!’
我听见一个声音对我说：‘彼得，起来吧，把它们宰杀后食用！’
8 But I replied, ‘Lord, [you(sg)] surely do not [really want me to do that], because I have never eaten [MTY] meat [from any animal] that [our laws say] that we [(exc)] must not eat [SYN]!’
我说：‘主啊，万万不可！我从不吃不纯不洁的食物。’
9 God spoke from heaven [to me] a second time, ‘[I am] God, [so] if I have made something acceptable [to eat], do not say that it is not acceptable [to eat]!’
那天上的声音回答：‘上帝已让它洁净，不可称其不洁！’
10 Then [after that happened three times, the sheet with] all [those animals and birds] was pulled up into heaven again.”
这异象重复了三次，然后所有一切就被收回天上。
11 “At that exact moment, three men who had been {whom [Cornelius] had} sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying.
就在那时，该撒利亚派来找我的三个人，站在我住的房子门前。
12 [God’s] Spirit told me that I should be willing to go with them [even though they were not Jews]. These six [Jewish] believers [from Joppa] went with me [to Caesarea], and then we [(exc)] went into that [non-Jewish] man’s house.
圣灵告诉我与他们同去，不要担心他们是谁。这六位兄弟也与我随行，我们到了哥尼流的家。
13 He told us that he had seen an angel standing in his house. The angel told him, ‘Tell some [men] to go to Joppa and bring back Simon whose other name is Peter.
他向我们解释如何看见天使站在他家里，对他说：‘派人到约帕去，请彼得前来，
14 He will tell you [(sg)] how you and everyone [MTY] else in your house will be saved {how [God] will save you and everyone [MTY] else in your house}.’
他有话要告诉你，可以让你和全家获得救赎。’
15 After I started to speak, the Holy Spirit [suddenly] came down on them, just like he had first [MTY] come on us [during the Pentecost festival].
当我开始讲话，圣灵便落在他们身上，与当初降在我们身上一样。
16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John caused people to be baptized in water, but [God] will cause the Holy Spirit [to enter you and change your lives.’]
于是我想起主所说的：‘约翰用水施洗，但你们要接受圣灵的施洗。’
17 God gave those non-Jews the same Holy Spirit that he had given to us [(inc)] after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So, ([I] could not [possibly] tell God that he did wrong [when he gave them the Holy Spirit!]/how could I [tell] God that he did wrong [when he gave them the Holy Spirit]?) [RHQ] [He was showing that he had received them]!”
我们相信主耶稣基督，所以上帝就像对我们一样恩赐他们，我又有何力量阻止上帝？”
18 After [those Jewish believers] heard what Peter said, they stopped criticizing [him. Instead], they praised God, saying, “Then it is [clear to us that] God has also accepted the non-Jews so that they will have eternal life, if they turn from their sinful behavior [and believe in Jesus]!”
众人听闻这番解释，无语辩驳，开始赞美上帝，说：“看来上帝也赐予异教徒悔改和永生的机会。”
19 After [people had killed] Stephen, many of the believers left [Jerusalem and went] to other places, because people were causing them to suffer [there in Jerusalem. Some of] them went to Phoenicia [region], some went to Cyprus [Island], and others went to Antioch [city in Syria province. In those places] they were continually telling people the message [about Jesus], but they told only other Jewish people.
司提芬被迫害而被处死后，受到影响的信徒逃亡到了腓尼基、塞浦路斯和安提阿，然后只向犹太人传道。
20 Some of the believers were men from Cyprus and from Cyrene [city in north Africa]. They went to Antioch, and [although they told other Jews about] the Lord Jesus, they also told non-Jewish people [there].
有些塞浦路斯人和古利奈人信徒逃到安提阿后，也开始对希腊人传讲主耶稣。
21 The Lord [God] [MTY] was powerfully enabling those [believers to preach effectively. As a result], very many [non-Jewish] people believed [their message and] trusted in the Lord [Jesus].
主的力量与他们同在，所以信主和信他的人数量众多。
22 The group of believers in Jerusalem heard [MTY] [people say that many people in Antioch were believing in Jesus. So] the [leaders] of the congregation in [Jerusalem] asked Barnabas to go to Antioch.
这事传到耶路撒冷的教会，他们就派巴拿巴去安提阿。
23 When he got [there], he realized that God had acted kindly toward [the believers. So] he was very happy, and he continually encouraged all of the [believers] to continue to trust completely in the Lord [Jesus].
但当巴拿巴到了之后，看见上帝恩典的成果，倍感喜悦，于是鼓励众人用真心真意奉献主。
24 Barnabas was a good man [whom] the Holy Spirit completely controlled, one who trusted [God] completely. [Because of what Barnabas did], many people [there] believed in the Lord [Jesus].
巴拿巴是一位善良之人，充满圣灵和信心，于是许多人归信了主。
25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus [in Cilicia province to try] to find Saul.
后来他到大数去找扫罗，
26 After he found him, Barnabas brought him [back to] Antioch [to help teach the believers. So during] a whole year [Barnabas and Saul] met [regularly] with the congregation [there] and taught many of them [about Jesus. It was] at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians {[that people] first called the believers Christians}.
在找到后就把他带到安提阿。在随后的一年中，他们一同在教会聚集众人，对他们进行教导。从安提阿开始，信徒们开始被成为“基督徒。”
27 During the time [that Barnabas and Saul were] at Antioch, some [believers who were] prophets arrived there from Jerusalem.
就在这段时间，有几位先知从耶路撒冷来到安提阿。
28 One of them, whose name was Agabus, stood up [in order to speak]. [God’s] Spirit enabled him to prophesy (that there would soon be a famine in many countries/that [people] in many countries [HYP] would soon [suffer because they] would not have enough [food] to eat). (That famine happened when Claudius was the [Roman Emperor].)
其中一位叫做亚迦布的先知站起来，借助圣灵给出警示预言：整个世界将出现一次严重的大饥荒，（这个预言在革老丢时期果然成真了。）
29 When the believers [there heard what Agabus said], they decided that they would send [money] to help the believers who lived in Judea. Each [of them decided to give as much money] as he was able [to give].
于是信徒们决定根据各人的力量捐款，帮助住在犹太的兄弟。
30 They sent [the money] with Barnabas and Saul to the leaders of the congregation [in Jerusalem].
他们在捐款后，让巴拿巴和扫罗把钱送到长老那里。
